U.S. Refiners Export More Fuel Than Ever

American Companies Export Energy Boom World-Wide

U.S. refiners are selling more fuel abroad than ever before, effectively exporting the American energy boom to the four corners of the world.

As crude production soars in places like the Eagle Ford shale formation in Texas, U.S. refiners along the Gulf Coast are increasingly using local oil, which is less expensive than the North Sea crude that European refiners use. That often means diesel and other fuels made in the U.S. are a...